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Refinements of Equipment and Procedures in Electro‐Fishing
Author(s) -
Witt Arthur,
Campbell Robert S.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1959)88[33:roeapi]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - electrofishing , fishery , fishing , bass (fish) , boom , gizzard shad , environmental science , white (mutation) , fish <actinopterygii> , hydrology (agriculture) , marine engineering , engineering , biology , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , biochemistry , gene
An electrofishing device that is mounted on a boat is described. This “boom seine” is 3 times more efficient at night than during the day. The catch of the boom seine in a Missouri impoundment is compared with the catch from nets. It is selective toward the centrarchids (except white crappie) in waters where nets are selective toward white crappie, gizzard shad, white bass and freshwater drum. Selectivity is related to the behavior of the fishes and habitat where the fishing is done.